In view of this, MBS (renamed MBC per a 1964 ordinance) started work on a new Broadcasting House in October 1963, to accommodate both radio and television.

[6] Pilot television signals started in 1964, during this period MBC installed the relay stations at Fort George, Mount Thérése, and Jurançon.

After the installation of the last of these repeaters (Jurançon) on 31 December 1964, official broadcasts began de facto on 8 January 1965, with the publishing of advertisements in newspapers giving incentive to buy television sets, becoming de jure on 8 February 1965 at 5:45pm with the participation of Prime Minister Seewoosagur Ramgoolam.

[7] MBC lacked an outside broadcast van in its early years, with local events being shot on film and later processed to appear on the news bulletins.

[8] Color broadcasts in the SECAM format started in December 1975, which also envisioned the creation of a French-funded satellite earth station.